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After three years of break due to the pandemic, the famous Carnival of Patras returned to full glory and vibrant pulse with thousands of carnivalists and even more visitors. 139 crews with over 50,000 people and impressive wagons participated in the grand parade on Sunday that lasted over five hours. …

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The Muslims minority in north-eastern Greece is in outrage and has condemned with one voice the destruction of the Ottoman-era Muslim cemetery Horozlu in the village Peteinos in Xanthi prefecture. The local municipality of Avdira wants to turn the field where the cemetery from the 17th century is located into …

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Music, dance, fire works and smoke devices. No masks and no social distancing. Hundreds of carnivalists flooded the main square and the surrounding streets of Xanthi on Saturday night as if there was no pandemic and no lockdown measures. The huge party took place when Municipality started to play loud …

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The Bishop of Xanthi Panteleimon decided to revolt against the lockdown measures and opened the churches on Monday thus allowing the faithful to receive the Holy Communion. Panteleimon’s decision has caused concern in the local community as the region in north-eastern Greece is one of the most hit by the …

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Greece’s Civil Protection imposed restrictive measures in the regional unit of Xanthi, north-eastern Greece, on Thursday, after 15 new confirmed coronavirus cases have been detected in the last 24 hours. According to a statement issued by the Civil Protection, the measures have been imposed “taking into account the increased epidemiological …

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Five schools of Primary Education and one kindergarten in the broader area of Xanthi, north-eastern Greece, have been shut down for ten days after two teachers were tested positive to coronavirus.80 teachers and other educational staff in total have been placed in house isolation, teams of the Greek health authorities …

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Villagers in north-eastern Greece demand the removal of a family from a house they rent claiming their autistic child is “annoying” the neighborhood. The unprecedented case of racism, social exclusion, ignorance and prejudice towards people who are different and in this case suffering form autism was made public by the …

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The regional government of Thessaly declared “state of emergency” for the islands of Skopelos and Skiathos and for the regions of South Pilio, Zagora in the Prefecture of Magnisia, after torrential rainfalls caused extensive damages to the infrastructure network and water supply. Rocks fell on the roads, landslides occurred, streams …

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A car transporting illegal migrants crashed in the entrance of a house. The driving trafficker was trying to escape police that was chasing him on a land road near the town of Xanthi in north-eastern Greece. The accident occurred on Monday morning in the town of Xanthi, north-eastern Greece. In …

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A snap business opportunity when the market demands for … snowballs. A local man in Xanthi, took advantage of the snowfall and decided to sell snowballs to the lazy locals willing to start a snow-war without much of an effort. The smart businessman loaded his farm truck with snow and …

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A dramatic rescue in Xanthi: an elderly man is hanging over the balcony of his home in the center of Xanthi in Northern Greece. His wife is screaming for help. Passersby are watching not knowing what to do. Until a sergeant of the Greek Army takes action. Sergent Christos Giaourakis …

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Greece’s Carnival season, the Apokries, reaches its peak over the weekend with the biggest Carnival Parade, the Carnival of Patras, to take place on Sunday. The weekend marks the end of masquerading, eating, drinking and dancing and opens the way for the 40-day fasting until the Greek orthodox Easter. Staring …

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Five small villages were evacuated after a fire in a batteries production factory broke out Tuesday noon. The fire broke out around 1 o’ clock at the Sunlight battery plant in Neo Olvio in the outskirts of the town on Xanthi in North-Easter Greece. Sweeping through plastic and other flammable …

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Two guns and a large number of ammunition were found in a mosque in a village in Xanthi, Northeastern Greece, near the borders to Turkey.  The imam has been called by the local prosecutor for explanations. Police and national intelligence service on alert. Police search in the mosque of Iliopetra, …

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An anti-fa rally marched through the streets of Xanthi in North-Eastern Greece on Saturday evening to protest the inauguration of Golden Dawn offices. When the rally was over, a group of some 300 authoritarians wearing helmets and gas masks tried to break the police cordon and approach the office of …

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The monster who raped, abused and set a young woman on fire in Xanthi, confessed his hideous crime. The 27-year-old Greek was a neighbour to the parents’ home of the victim, a woman of 34 years old who was visiting her parents over Christmas holidays. He was captured on Thursday evening, …

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The screams of a woman set on fire woke up the residents of a building at 5 in the morning Thursday morning in 40 Ekklisies area of Xanthi in North-East Greece. Some of them rushed to the woman and tried to extinguish the fire. However, there wasn’t much they could do. The …

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This is something we normally know from war situations when refugees fight for a loaf of bread or a sack of flour.  But these scenes occurred in European Union of salvation year 2012, and thus in Euro-Zone member state, Greece. A situation of an unbelievable impenetrability occurred Monday morning at the …

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Teacher Savvas Metoikidis,44, showed no sign of ‘strange behaviour’, eye witness told local media. On Saturday morning he visited the village cafe and played backgammon. He later had lunch with father, mother and a brother. At 6 o’clock in the afternoon, he was to due to start his trip back to Athens. …

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Hundreds of thousands of Greeks celebrated this year’s Carnival amid strict austerity measures and grey future perspectives. However as the folk says: Poverty needs indulgence! Young and old, amateurs and professionals wore something funny, something meaningful and went out to have fun.  (best.gr) Domina – Angela Merkel rules Patras Greece’s most …

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